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Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen

Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen

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Neuroscience

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43
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9832
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7321
National Ranking
202

Psychology

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Citations
9886
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7161
National Ranking
321

Overview

Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen is affiliated with NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of psychology and neuroscience, with specific emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology subfields.

The scientist's work spans various topics, including:

  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Color Perception and Design
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Multisensory Perception and Integration
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Marcel Bastiaansen has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, frequently appearing in specialized journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
  • World Leisure Journal
  • Annals of Tourism Research
  • Brain Research
  • Psychophysiology

Among the recent research papers authored or co-authored by Marcel Bastiaansen are:

  • Leisure will not be locked down - insights on leisure and COVID-19 from the Netherlands (2020), published in World Leisure Journal
  • An Emotional Roller Coaster: Electrophysiological Evidence of Emotional Engagement during a Roller-Coaster Ride with Virtual Reality Add-On (2020), published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
  • Emotion Measurement in Tourism Destination Marketing: A Comparative Electroencephalographic and Behavioral Study (2020), published in Journal of Travel Research
  • More is Not Better: The Emotional Dynamics of an Excellent Experience (2020), published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
  • A review of research into neuroscience in tourism: Launching the annals of tourism research curated collection on neuroscience in tourism (2023), published in Annals of Tourism Research

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Bastiaansen's research activities. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Ondrej Mitas
  • Wim Strijbosch
  • Jean Vroomen
  • John Gelissen
  • Hans Revers

The research profile of Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen demonstrates a consistent engagement with studies focusing on the neural and psychological underpinnings of leisure, tourism, and sensory experiences as well as the use of technological tools like virtual reality to advance understanding in these areas.

Best Publications

  • Integration of Word Meaning and World Knowledge in Language Comprehension

    Peter Hagoort;Lea A. Hald;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Neuronal Dynamics Underlying High- and Low-Frequency EEG Oscillations Contribute Independently to the Human BOLD Signal

    René Scheeringa;René Scheeringa;Pascal Fries;Pascal Fries;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Robert Oostenveld

  • Frontal theta EEG activity correlates negatively with the default mode network in resting state.

    René Scheeringa;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Karl Magnus Petersson;Robert Oostenveld

  • Trial-by-trial coupling between EEG and BOLD identifies networks related to alpha and theta EEG power increases during working memory maintenance.

    René Scheeringa;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Robert Oostenveld;David G. Norris

  • Theta Responses Are Involved in Lexical–Semantic Retrieval during Language Processing

    Marcel C.M. Bastiaansen;Marieke Van Der Linden;Mariken Ter Keurs;Ton Dijkstra

  • Oscillatory neuronal dynamics during language comprehension

    Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Peter Hagoort

  • Event-Induced Theta Responses as a Window on the Dynamics of Memory

    Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Peter Hagoort

  • EEG theta and gamma responses to semantic violations in online sentence processing.

    Lea A. Hald;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Peter Hagoort

  • I see what you mean: theta power increases are involved in the retrieval of lexical semantic information.

    Marcel C.M. Bastiaansen;Robert Oostenveld;Ole Jensen;Peter Hagoort

  • Syntactic unification operations are reflected in oscillatory dynamics during on-line sentence comprehension

    Marcel Bastiaansen;Lilla Magyari;Peter Hagoort

  • A predictive coding framework for rapid neural dynamics during sentence-level language comprehension.

    Ashley Glen Lewis;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen

  • Tangential derivative mapping of axial MEG applied to event-related desynchronization research

    Marcel C.M Bastiaansen;Thomas R Knösche

  • EEG Alpha Power Modulation of fMRI Resting-State Connectivity

    René Scheeringa;René Scheeringa;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Andréas Karl Kleinschmidt;Andréas Karl Kleinschmidt;Ole Jensen

  • Emotions as Core Building Blocks of an Experience

    Marcel Bastiaansen;Xander Dennis Lub;Xander Dennis Lub;Ondrej Mitas;Timothy Hyungsoo Jung

  • Novelty: A mechanism of tourists’ enjoyment

    Ondrej Mitas;Marcel Bastiaansen;Marcel Bastiaansen

  • Beta oscillations relate to the N400m during language comprehension

    Lin Wang;Ole Jensen;Daniëlle Van den Brink;Nienke Weder

  • Event-related alpha and theta responses in a visuo-spatial working memory task.

    Marcel C.M Bastiaansen;Danielle Posthuma;Paul F.C Groot;Eco J.C de Geus

  • Context-dependent semantic processing in the human brain: Evidence from idiom comprehension

    Joost Rommers;Ton Dijkstra;Marcel Bastiaansen

  • My destination in your brain: A novel neuromarketing approach for evaluating the effectiveness of destination marketing

    Marcel Bastiaansen;Marcel Bastiaansen;Sebastiaan Straatman;Eric Driessen;Ondrej Mitas

  • Event-related theta power increases in the human EEG during online sentence processing

    Marcel C.M. Bastiaansen;Jos J.A. van Berkum;Peter Hagoort

  • Early anticipation lies behind the speed of response in conversation

    Lilla Magyari;Marcel C. M. Bastiaansen;Jan P. de Ruiter;Stephen C. Levinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hagoort
Peter Hagoort Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Karl Magnus Petersson
Karl Magnus Petersson University of Algarve
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen Radboud University
Herbert Schriefers
Herbert Schriefers Radboud University
Robert Oostenveld
Robert Oostenveld Radboud University
Koen B.E. Böcker
Koen B.E. Böcker Utrecht University
David G. Norris
David G. Norris Radboud University
Ardi Roelofs
Ardi Roelofs Radboud University
Ton Dijkstra
Ton Dijkstra Radboud University
Gert Pfurtscheller
Gert Pfurtscheller Graz University of Technology

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